You owe a lot to self-pity

it got you through your darkest days

and anybody looking at the record

would say you had a case

you never imagined

that you'd ever really make it through

and now that you have, you don't know what to do

the future has arrived, but where are you?



ooh wah ooh, I see you crying

ooh wah ooh, I hear you trying

though you've got it down to a science

self-pity won't help you now



look at yourself,

do you really believe

that the world needs to see

another aging enfant terrible?



Alienation makes the world go round

and as a fashion statement

it's absolutely sound

but you're not really an alian, as such

self-confidence makes you seem so out of touch

but self-pity seems like it's a bit too much



ooh wah ooh, looks like you blew it

ooh wah ooh, looks like you knew it

though you taught the world how to do it

self-pity won't help you now.